Zheng Hua was stunned for a moment, and said secretly in his heart: "I am a powerless person, what is the use of the imperial brother taking me by my side?" Are you still worried about leaving me alone in the capital? However, I have never coveted the throne, and it is not a chore to follow the emperor to the south of the Yangtze River......"

Thinking of this, Zheng Hua was already overjoyed, and arched his hand again and replied: "Brother Chen is tired of staying in the capital, and he has long wanted to go to Jiangnan to have a look, but he didn't get a good opportunity." Now that he can go south from Long, it can really be regarded as a wish of his younger brother. ”

Zheng Rong was also very pleased when he heard this, and quipped: "Although the virtuous brother is inferior in martial arts, his writing is excellent. This time the Lingnan rebels won, and a "Triumphant Fu" is indispensable to you. It's a pity that I'm a poor emperor, maybe I can't afford your pen. ”

As soon as he talked about the article, Zheng Hua suddenly came to his senses: "Brother Huang, where is this?" The emperor's sour words are very honorable to the emperor, and the younger brother is already very honored. However, Mr. Zhongli, as well as the 'Bansong Layman' beside Yizhi, are also saints in the literary world, why don't the emperor ask them to try to write a few articles? The emperor's martial arts are extreme, and he is assisted by Wen Tao, which can be described as a prosperous era that has not been seen in previous dynasties. ”

Brothers Zheng Rong and Zheng Hua were talking and laughing, but they heard Zhong Li Kuang ask coldly: "Since the prince of Heluo wants to go south with the emperor, I wonder if the king of Lingnan will also go south with him?" ”

"Of course!" Zheng Rong replied without thinking, "It is Zheng Gui who I am crusading against, if he is not in Jiangnan, wouldn't I be a teacher?" ”

Qiu Yizhi was stunned when he heard this, and while still in the aftertaste, he heard Zheng Rong continue: "Besides, after I am done, I will have to hold a ceremony to sacrifice prisoners, and he is indispensable as the prince of Lingnan......"

The more Qiu Yizhi listened, the more chilled he became - the king of Lingnan is also the emperor's younger brother, although he has been captured, whether he kills or kills the emperor Chrysostom; But he is also an out-and-out relative of the emperor, so why bother to hold a prisoner sacrifice ceremony and humiliate him in public?

He also thought that Zheng Gui, the king of Lingnan, had spared his life on the battlefield more than once, and he felt that this matter was not a major matter of principle, and perhaps he could use his own face to persuade him to make peace, which could leave Zheng Gui with some dignity.

However, as soon as Qiu Yizhi raised his eyes, he saw that the emperor was more and more happy, and his face was already flushed with a little excitement......

So Qiu Yizhi quietly listened to Zheng Rong finish speaking, and then followed Zheng Hua and Zhong Likuang, got up and saluted the emperor, and then followed him out of the palace.

But I heard Emperor Zheng Rong say: "Yizhi, don't leave the palace today, just stay in the palace." The queen hasn't seen you for a long time, and she misses you so much. You live here, and tomorrow you can get up early in the morning and say hello to her. ”

Qiu Yizhi was stunned when he heard this, quickly knelt down, and said: "Shengshang, the royal family has a custom, outsiders can't spend the night in the palace, and Weichen doesn't dare to boldly trespass." ”

Zheng Rong smiled with satisfaction: "Yizhi's words are obvious. You have grown up beside me since you were a child, and both I and the queen treat you as if you were your own, and you are the same as your three brothers, and there is nothing to taboo. In this way, I will order the eunuch to clean up a room next to the 'Shuli Palace' and come out, and you will live in the palace for the next few days. It's convenient for me to summon you, right? ”

What an honor it was for the emperor to let himself live in the palace with a different surname. This made Qiu Yizhi very moved, and he couldn't hold back his excitement, kowtowed a few times on the ground, and thanked him in his mouth: "The ministers are reluctant to obey the holy decree, and they are reluctant to obey the holy decree......"

Zhong Likuang stood aside and looked at this scene coldly, but his heart was extremely clear-

The emperor's move is killing two birds with one stone. A Qiu Yizhi has made such a great contribution in Jiangnan, which has reached the point where it must be rewarded, rather than adding officials to knighthoods and rewarding gold and silver, it is really useful to describe family affection in this way. The second Qiu Yizhi escorted the King of Lingnan this time, and brought more than 200 people into Beijing, although the number of these people is not much, but they are all experienced soldiers and fierce generals, only obeying the orders of Qiu Yi, so it is indeed the best choice to separate Qiu Yizhi and his troops with a high wall of the imperial city.

Zhong Li Kuang thought that Qiu Yizhi was born and died for the emperor and Sheji in Jiangnan, but in exchange for Zheng Rong's somewhat ruthless imperial mental skills, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

However, he has always been deep in the city, and the ups and downs of his heart did not stir up the slightest wave on his old and shriveled face, and only whispered to Qiu Yidao: "This is the palace, you can't be presumptuous at all, you have to be careful, understand?" ”

Qiu Yizhi hurriedly nodded in agreement, watched Zhongli Kuang and Zheng Hua leave, and was about to say goodbye to the emperor, but heard Zheng Rong ask: "Yizhi, where is your gold medal arrow?" ”

Qiu Yizhi hurriedly said: "Yes, yes." I always carry it with me, and I dare not have a half-moment difference. As he spoke, he took out this gold medal arrow, which had played a crucial role several times in the battle of counterinsurgency, from his bosom and respectfully held it in the palm of his hand.

When Zheng Rong saw it, his eyes lit up, and he reached out and grabbed the arrow made of pure gold more than five inches long in his hand, and asked in his mouth, "What?" Does this stuff work? Do those knots in the local area know the benefits and disadvantages when they see this? ”

Although this question sounded like a casual question, Qiu Yizhi felt that it was very exquisite, so he replied thoughtfully: "Thanks to the emperor's heavenly might, the ministers used it twice to collect the defeated troops, which can greatly boost morale, although it has not turned the tide, but it can also inflict heavy losses on the enemy and live up to the emperor's trust." ”

Zheng Rong recalled Qiu Yizhi's words, and then replied: "good", and the gold medal arrow was tightly held in his hand.

Seeing that the emperor had nothing to say, Qiu Yizhi bowed again, followed by a foreman eunuch led by a dim lantern, to a side hall not far away, and stayed overnight.

Early the next morning, Qiu Yizhi got up early in the morning according to the emperor's will last night, and handed over the name card early to ask the queen for peace.

The current queen is the princess of Zheng Rong when she was the king of Youyan, and she watched Qiu Yizhi grow up. Although she has no breastfeeding grace for Qiu Yizhi, she seems a little distant, but the panache of the mother Yi in the world still has to be put out, and she knows that this Qiu Yizhi is the emperor's confidant, and she has to take care of her husband somewhat.

So the queen tried her best to make an enthusiastic appearance, pulled Qiu Yizhi to say a good thing, and rewarded a lot of things, until it was almost noon before Qiu Yizhi came out.

In the palace, there is no other place, even a bold person like Qiu Yizhi does not dare to take a step or move a finger. When he said goodbye from the queen's side, Qiu Yizhi didn't know where to go, and he didn't dare to go elsewhere, so he pulled a eunuch and asked him to lead the way back to his bedroom.

This bedroom was a large side hall that had been cleaned up overnight, and there was nothing in the room except tables, chairs, beds, and bedding, and not even a single book that could not be spoken to a word. In desperation, Qiu Yizhi could only lie flat on the bed, staring blankly at the beams of the palace rising like a ridge, and there seemed to be endless things in his mind, and it seemed to be empty.

At this moment, I heard two unhurried knocks on the half-hidden wooden door.

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he hurriedly rolled off the bed and asked loudly, "Who is it?" ”

But the knocker did not answer, but pushed the door open and said with a laugh, "Who? Old friend. Don't you even recognize me? ”

Qiu Yizhi fixed his eyes, but it was Zheng Miao, the third prince under the emperor's knees.

Zheng Miao went deep into Lingnan Province with Qiuyi to spread the decree, but unexpectedly, the Lingnan King rebelled at that time, so that the third royal highness, who was extremely honorable, could only flee back to the capital in a hurry, leaving Qiuyi and one of them to fight the enemy in Jiangnan.

Now that the two are reunited in the palace, Qiu Yizhi has a thousand words to say, but he heard Zheng Miao say: "Brother Xian, the foolish brother didn't receive an order to come to see you today, but came by when my father summoned me to meet me." No, I'm going to face the saint now, if there is anything to say, our brothers will naturally have time to talk about it in the future......"

Qiu Yizhi was stunned when he heard it - the third brother in front of him grew up with him, although he was a relative of the emperor, the two of them did a lot of trick-making things together, when did they even have to meet and say a few words to the emperor's approval?

However, the reason Zheng Miao said was extremely crowned, so Qiu Yizhi couldn't refute it, so he had to force a smile and said: "It's okay, the emperor's affairs are military affairs, and they can't be delayed for a moment." The third brother will go first. ”

Zheng Miao nodded with a smile again, and beckoned to the door: "Wang Lao Wu, come in!" What are you doing standing out there stupidly? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a stocky man with three points of shyness, flashing in from the door, trembling and saying, "My lord, I'm here." Then he bowed down on his knees.

Qiu Yizhi hurriedly helped this person up, and when he saw two lines of tears on his dark face, he couldn't help laughing: "Haha, it's really your Wang Lao Wu!" How? I actually followed my third brother into the palace today? ”

Speaking of this, Qiu Yi's heart suddenly tightened, and she hurriedly raised her head and asked Zheng Miao: "Third brother, what kind of person is this Wang Lao Wu?" How can you bring it into the palace at will? Is there also the emperor's will? ”

Zheng Miao's face was also a little nervous, and he finally pretended to smile easily: "Father didn't have this will, but I heard that the virtuous brother entered the palace, and it may be too lonely without someone to accompany him, so I took it upon myself to bring him into the palace and let him talk to you." If there is anything that the virtuous brother needs to bring in from outside the palace, he can even tell Wang Lao Wu. What is in the foolish brother's mansion can naturally be taken; No, ad hoc procurement is also possible. ”

Qiu Yizhi heard that Zheng Miao had arranged it properly, and hurriedly thanked her.

Zheng Miao nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly exclaimed in a low voice: "Oh, my father still has something to call me, and I almost missed the time when I patronized talking to my virtuous brother." In this way, the fifth child is here first, and I will come to pick you up after I finish talking to my father. It's just that this side of the palace is in the palace, and you can't move around without permission, otherwise it will be troublesome if you are caught by the guards on patrol. ”

Sitting, Zheng Miao waved his hand to Qiu Yizhi and left.

Looking at Zheng Miao's back, Qiu Yizhi suddenly felt sad - like him today, he can't move around or see people without the emperor's will, what is the difference between that and being imprisoned? Zheng Miao and Wang Lao Wu just came to visit the prisoners......

However, his idea was fleeting as soon as he thought about it, and the grace of more than ten years of nurturing made Qiu Yizhi unwilling to believe that Emperor Zheng Rong was the kind of ruthless person who cooked rabbits and foxes and hid all birds.

Therefore, Qiu Yizhi reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said to Wang Lao Wu: "Old Five, don't count a few months, see how fat you are now." When I think of you and me, I was much darker and thinner than I am now. It seems that following me is really a chore! ”